Reds pitcher has spent years looking for consistency

12:39 AM,
May 12, 2013

Bronson Arroyo puts a lot of thought into the science of pitching. Frank Victores/USA TODAY

Written by

John Fay
The Cincinnati Enquirer

Bronson Arroyo has been pitching professionally for 19 years. In all that time, he's been trying to solve one of baseball's great mysteries. He's spent a lot of time and energy trying to figure out how to have his best stuff every fifth day.

Arroyo is like all pitchers: Some starts the velocity is there; other days it's not. With Arroyo, it can be the difference between topping out at 90 mph and topping out at 86. For power pitchers, like Arroyo's rotation mates Mat Latos and Homer Bailey, it can be the difference between 97 and 92.